Prospects for AGN studies with ALMA
Abstract
These lecture notes provide an introduction to mm/submm extragalactic astronomy, focused on AGN studies, with the final goal of preparing students to their future exploitation of the ALMA capabilities. I first provide an overview of the current results obtained through mm/submm observations of galaxies and AGNs, both local and at high redshift. Then I summarize the main mm/submm facilities that are currently available. ALMA is then presented with a general description and by providing some details on its observing capabilities. Finally, I discuss some of the scientific goals that will be achievable with ALMA in extragalactic astronomy, and for AGN studies in particular.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.0695,
title = {Prospects for AGN studies with ALMA},
author = {R. Maiolino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0695},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
42 pages, 21 figures, Lecture notes for the school "AGN at the highest angular resolution: theory and observations" (Torun), eds. A. Marconi and A. Niedzielski, New Astronomy Reviews, corrected a few typos